Sarah, It is wonderful to have you back with us and I am so pleased everything went well for you. Good luck with restarting work, I found the hardest bit was learning to pace myself, because if I didnt I got the headaches/neck pain like you describe.
Yes my doctors told me they could not have reached my PICA annie through a crainiotomy, that is why coiling of the annie was the only option for me too, we are lucky that there is this technology.
Take care,
pam from England